A shooting that killed a Gastonia teenager may have stemmed from a schoolyard fight that the teen's friend was involved in, ...

Shortly after a woman exchanged gunfire with police Saturday afternoon, there were two other shootings, one of them fatal, according to the Gastonia Police Department. The second shooting of the ...

On Monday evening, a group from New Canaan Baptist Church gathered at the Erwin Park Community Center in Gastonia and prayed.

The grandmother of a 16-year-old charged with murder is sending condolences to the victim’s family and sharing how the crime ...

GASTONIA, N.C. — Zaquavious Dawkins, 16, was fatally shot near the Ganesha Food Mart on North Chester Street in Gastonia on Sunday night, officials said. First responders discovered the victim ...

A man has been arrested and charged in the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl from a street near Gastonia. Gaston County Police charged Ricky Adam Townsend, 28, of Gastonia with attempted ...

Led by Pastor Monica Colbert, the group held a vigil to honor and mourn 16-year-old Zaquavious "Tank" Dawkins, a Gastonia teenager who was shot and killed while on an errand for his mother Jan. 26.